Chris Gibson

Chris Gibson (13 May 1964-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-NY 20) from 3 January 2011 to 3 January 2013 (succeeding Scott Murphy and preceding Paul Tonko) and from NY 19 from 3 January 2013 to 3 November 2017 (succeeding Nan Hayworth and preceding John Faso).

Biography
Chris Gibson was born in Rockville Centre, New York in 1964, and he grew up in Kinderhook to the south of Albany. He served in the US Army during the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, and the Iraq War, retiring with the rank of Colonel in 2010. He taught American politics at West Point and was a national security affairs fellow at Stanford University before entering politics as a Republican, serving in the US House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017. He retired in 2016 due to his support for term limits.